Did you play any tricks on one another yesterday for April Fools Day?!
In France, those who are fooled on April 1 are called the “Poisson d’Avril”, the April Fish. Children (and silly adults) place a paper fish on the back of an unsuspecting person and shout ‘poisson d’Avril’ when the paper fish is discovered.
Let’s stick with a fishy theme today to develop our maths skills and imagination!
Watch and sing along. Shout out the numbers you see!
Develop hand-eye co-ordination to catch the fish and avoid the jellyfish by following the link below. Then look at the pictogram and answer questions about how many you caught. Maybe you and your adult can make your own questions.
Can you now create your own pictogram? You need to collect some items, sort them into groups that you can discuss with your adult (sort by colour, size, type???) and then display them. You might do it by drawing pictures or by laying the items out in rows or columns. I might look a bit like this:
Do you have any books about fish or other creatures that live in oceans, rivers or ponds? Why don’t you read one of the stories together and draw your favourite part of the story?
Why don’t you use materials you have at home to make your own fantastic fish? Give them names, create a place for them to live and use your imagination to play and make stories with them.
Maybe you could use card, string, paper clips, tape and fridge magnets to make your own fishing game?
Find out some fishy facts here, in a book or by reading online.
Fish starts with the ‘f’ sound. Can you think of other ‘f’ words? Watch Fred and his new friends for some ideas.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alphablocks-fred
